Comments on: Rain Barrels and Water http://20minutegarden.com/2008/05/22/rain-barrels-and-water/ An Organic Urban Yard in Less Time Than a Sit-Com Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:05:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: judy http://20minutegarden.com/2008/05/22/rain-barrels-and-water/comment-page-1/#comment-35 judy Thu, 29 May 2008 15:08:07 +0000 http://20minutegarden.com/?p=79#comment-35 Hi there. Thanks for visiting my blog. It is very exciting to find another blog about a backyard veggie garden in the city of AA. If you are inclined, I'd like to trade blogrolls! We also source our rain barrel from the Huron River Watershed Council although we don't know where to install it yet. Hi there. Thanks for visiting my blog. It is very exciting to find another blog about a backyard veggie garden in the city of AA. If you are inclined, I’d like to trade blogrolls! We also source our rain barrel from the Huron River Watershed Council although we don’t know where to install it yet.

]]> By: Jardinier http://20minutegarden.com/2008/05/22/rain-barrels-and-water/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Jardinier Fri, 23 May 2008 14:52:05 +0000 http://20minutegarden.com/?p=79#comment-29 My initial response would have been: no, you can't drink rain water. A little internet research, however, shows that there is a variety of opinions on this matter: http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/wea00/wea00044.htm I suppose if your rain water were properly filter and boiled, you could drink it. Since we have access to clean drinking water, I wouldn't go to the trouble however. So we don't use the water for drinking water at all, but for watering our garden. (We could also use it to wash the car.) Since the EPA estimates that 40% of your water use in the summer is watering your garden and lawn, using water from a rain barrel can be a significant savings. My initial response would have been: no, you can’t drink rain water. A little internet research, however, shows that there is a variety of opinions on this matter:

http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/wea00/wea00044.htm

I suppose if your rain water were properly filter and boiled, you could drink it. Since we have access to clean drinking water, I wouldn’t go to the trouble however.

So we don’t use the water for drinking water at all, but for watering our garden. (We could also use it to wash the car.) Since the EPA estimates that 40% of your water use in the summer is watering your garden and lawn, using water from a rain barrel can be a significant savings.

]]> By: painterb http://20minutegarden.com/2008/05/22/rain-barrels-and-water/comment-page-1/#comment-28 painterb Fri, 23 May 2008 12:48:28 +0000 http://20minutegarden.com/?p=79#comment-28 Can this water be used to drink /cook, after boiling? Or is it mainly for cleaning? Can this water be used to drink /cook, after boiling? Or is it mainly for cleaning?

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